Berlin-based producer Sebrok is set to release his debut album next month, entitled The Pain.

Sebrok has been an active techno artist for years, but has stayed most busy outside of the recording studio: he founded his own record label, PASO, in 2004, currently holds a residency at Tresor, and even has a sideline in fashion, running a brand called Garment that he co-founded two years ago. Fittingly, The Pain will be accompanied by a limited edition t-shirt sporting the album's cover art, plus a code to download the album online.

The Pain consists of two halves: one comprising individual tracks by Sebrok and remixes by Anja Schneider and Steve Lawler, and a mix featuring many of the same tunes interspersed with Sebrok's remixes of other artists, including Marc Miroir, Northern Lite and Exquisite Corps. Overall, the album includes several previously unreleased songs by Sebrok along with selections from his past releases on Paso.

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Given what a vibrant and dense electronic music scene Berlin has, it's not easy to make yourself stand out from the crowd as a producer and to break out of the city's insular musical bubble. But such widescreen, mind-bending and sophisticated techno as that of local hotshot Sebrok was never going to go unnoticed on a wider scale.View the full artist profile